Political Quotes

“we now approach a time within only a very few weeks when for the first time in over two centuries of this country, the full faith and credit of the United States of America is being placed in dire risk. The creditworthiness of this country, to an extent the creditworthiness of all of us as American citizens, is being put on the line. Is this for some lofty purpose or for some deep political principle? No, not at all. Only to gain some momentary advantage are our Republican colleagues willing to push this Nation right to the brink of financial disaster by trying to use the adjustment of the limits of this country's creditworthiness, that everyone agrees is essential, that Republican colleagues have already voted to extend in another format in a previous occasion, in fact more than one previous occasion. But now that it is time to adjust the limit and protect the creditworthiness of every American citizen acting through their Government, they want to use that device as leverage to put into effect some of the provisions that they cannot pass and enact in this Congress through ordinary democratic means to get adjustment and get a little leverage and use a crowbar to adjust and get the political ends that they think are necessary, rather than to let the democratic process work and rather than protect the creditworthiness and full faith and credit of this country.”